My 94' has a gray steel wheel skin, and I want to replace them with factory OEM chrome skins. I found something on ebay that I'm a little uncertain on (link) http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/92-96...spagenameZWDVW

Are the skins in this link, a replica, (which are plastic), of the OEM, or are they a direct replacement?

If these skins on ebay are a bad deal, where can I find some chrome 15" skins like these that will fit my truck?

Thanks!

 

oem the wheels are chrome
no skins
just find the oem wheels
dont cost very much

 

Those are definitely plastic........they clip-on to your wheel and will cover up the gray...but I don't think you'd be happy with them myself.
What you are looking for is actual chrome rims. Looking at your sig...."running on 235/75/15" tells me you probly have stock steel wheels and tires. You can find chrome rims (aftermarket) fairly reasonable for those tires.......Rims start getting real expensive when you want the wider ones ....."ie" 15 x 10 versus the 15 x 7 that you have now.

I've bought rims from Summit and have also found them locally. Aftermarket rims sometimes are a little out of round and not always true due to their construction and I've had to send as many as 2 out of 4 back. Always make sure you put them on a wheel balancer without tires and spin them up.....you can see the flaws. It's not a problem to exchange them if you haven't mounted tires. If you buy locally, they should make sure the rims are good and balance up well.

Another option for you might be to paint the rims you have........Parts stores have "wheel paint" and in reality you can use any color you want......clean and wire brush and sand good...then use Rustoleum. I've done that many times when I wanted to maintain the stock wheel but dress it up a little.

Good Luck
Bob

 

Thanks All!

I've thought about painting the rims I have now as a "quick, temporary" fix until I decide on which rims I want to get.

92F150Flare, I don't know if you're familiar with Rivers Ave, in N. Charleston, but there's a PeP Boys that has some American Racing wheels (about 3-4 to choose from) that I mentioned in a previous thread. I'm leading more towards one of them.

Thanks!

 

Yep....I go there lots.....I actually found my MSD coil cheaper there than anywhere else. They do have a nice selection of rims.
I live in Goose Creek.......maybe 10 miles from them. Which of the rims are you favoring......I'll go by and look and give you my opinion.

Bob

 

I personally had those on my 96. I had the BFG's also, and every time I would hit a really good bump, at least one of the clips would dislodge. I think part of it had to do with the BFG's , because they have the extra bead around the tire called a "rim guard".